§ 195 Officer's breaking door or window to liberate himself or another arrester.

If a police officer goes into a house to arrest someone and then gets trapped or stuck inside, the officer is allowed to break a door or window to get out. This also applies if the officer went in to help another officer make an arrest and that officer becomes trapped inside the house.

The law gives officers this power because they should not be stuck inside someone's home just because a door is locked or blocked. It lets them break out through an inner or outer door, or even a window, if that is what it takes to get free.

This rule is about an officer's safety and ability to leave a home, not about breaking in to make the arrest in the first place. It only covers the situation where the officer is already inside and needs a way out.